Sending telemetry data to Grafana Cloud - metrics via Prometheus remote write or OTLP, logs via Loki push or Alloy, traces via OTLP to Tempo, profiles via Pyroscope. Covers Alloy-based pipelines, direct SDK/agent…
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name: send-data
license: Apache-2.0
description: >
Sending telemetry data to Grafana Cloud — metrics via Prometheus remote write or OTLP, logs via
Loki push or Alloy, traces via OTLP to Tempo, profiles via Pyroscope. Covers Alloy-based pipelines,
direct SDK/agent integrations, cloud integrations catalog, and credentials management.
Use when connecting an application or infrastructure to Grafana Cloud, setting up data ingestion,
configuring remote write, or choosing between ingestion methods.
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# Sending Data to Grafana Cloud
> **Docs**: https://grafana.com/docs/grafana-cloud/send-data/
## Quick Start: Find Your Credentials
In Grafana Cloud portal → **My Account** → **Stack** → **Details**:
| Signal | Credential Fields |
|--------|------------------|
| Metrics | Prometheus remote write URL, username, password/API key |
| Logs | Loki URL, username, password/API key |
| Traces | Tempo OTLP endpoint, username, password/API key |
| Profiles | Pyroscope URL, username, password/API key |… install to load the full skillIn any Claude conversation, say:
Install the Send Data skill
It activates automatically in your next session.
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MCP endpoint
https://skillme.dev/api/mcp